Session III: Research Staffing and Funding in the US and Japan
Chair: Machi F. Dilworth

[5] “Interpreting the Japanese Survey Results on Research Staffing and Funding in Light of the
Japanese Staffing/Funding Mechanism”
Tomohiro Ijichi (Seijo University)

[6] “International Graduate Science Training, Scientific Collaboration, and Research Productivity”
Marcus Ynalvez (Texas A&M International University)
[7] “US Mechanism of Research Staffing and Funding: Implications for Studying Collaboration and
Productivity”
Paula Stephan (Georgia State University / National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER))Session

IV: Commercialization Process and the Use of IT in Science
Chair: Hideo Owan (University of Tokyo)
[8] “Interpreting the Japanese Survey Results on Commercialization in Light of the Japanese
Mechanism of Commercialization”
Manabu Eto (IIR)